At lunch yesterday with a Swedish friend, we spoke about the situation in her country. She expressed no alarm and said it was pretty much like everywhere else; some incidents occur, but nothing to get excited about.
Since Christmas myself and my close family have visited Portugal,France,Germany and Holland.
Nothing to report at all.
Neo nazi propaganda to stir hatred for minorities. Thats the real story.
what were they supposed to "report"? -------When I was a child---my mother got sick shortly after giving birth to my baby brothers---twins (very cute). My dad was left with five kids-----all under the age of nine. He hired a nice
young woman----"IRMA" an immigrant from Germany. She somehow had
lived near some kind of concentration camp as an adolescent. It meant nothing to her other than a bad scent in the air-------sometimes (as she later told my mom in conversation). My town in the USA----during my childhood
was in a place known as a kind of haven for Mafia people who liked a suburban life-style. As an adventure----we kids would ride our bikes to
explore around the large mansions "known" as "mafia houses" ------
as a young adult I worked a little minimum wage job in a very large hospital
that received the "FLOATERS"-----that which floated were the macerated
body parts of the weighted bodies later dredged from a local river (the place was featured in the movie "the godfather".) None of this stuff had any effect on MY LIFE. If anyone asked "how does it go" -----what's happening where you live" ? my answer would have been----"nothing" It was clear to my mom that if IRMA had been asked----"what's happening in your town" ?
when she was an adolescent-------her answer would have been ---"nothing"
Stuff was happening in my town this week-----all kinds of demonstrations-----
I did not notice a damned thing